Bonobo's New Single Options the Sounds of an Influential Ghanaian Composer: Hearken to "ATK"

For his newest monitor, Bonobo showcased an iconic melody from a late Asante nice.

“ATK” is a driving new single from an artist recognized to make use of his sound to journey the world. Created across the identical time as his seventh studio album, the outstanding Fragments, “ATK” possesses a extra upbeat, dancefloor-ready sound than that discovered within the introspective album.

Diving proper in, the monitor opens with a pounding drum part earlier than giving option to the star of the present, the late Atakora Manu. Born in 1940 in Toase, Ghana, Manu launched numerous hits and have become a world-renowned guitarist. Bonobo channels Manu’s timeless sound in “ATK,” which he says was initially a DJ edit of the Ghanaian composer music “Dada.”